Smyrna times., 1887-08-10
Glazing Of Mails.

llii7o i;9or cot rottOu one IN his.
- ,,;.s Ella Conner Of Wilmington has
Id to CLAYTON, where she intends
plOrTS u oDsn a trimming and millinery store.
rhore Is no change in the style of
c-ting tackle this year, except that the
is5ne nsIap has more body and not quite so
much neck.
ployors are now feeding on the bay
80 marshes. and local gunners as
sho sL'o' mosouitoes permit, are taking home
good game bags.
Iarce barn on the farm of Harry
c.octetf. near Middletown, wds burned
~ week There was no insurance
nnJ llS Mr. &. loses the building and his
hay crop
ua met her in the hotel hallway.
moi strange that for moment she
lj not know which way to turn when
h. % said: Nov you'll coincide We'll
go Outelde'
Mrs. Edwin O. Eckles of Dover fell
c.Im the porch of her residence in that
,nwn on Thursday last and broke her |
rigbt arm. Mrs. Eckles is a sister of |
Hon Charles B. Lore.
Mrs. Thomas Tyler, a native of Sus-
soy county, Del, celebrated her 100th |
Sir,bdav at Wabash, Ind, Friday. She |
went west 81 years ago. She is great |
great g1eat-grandmother.
sir John B Thurston is spending ten
davs in Wilmington, Del, with George |
IT Bates with whom he served for
ENGLAND on the tripartitc commission |
in tbe Samoan Islands year ago.
Miss Sipa Walran, an eccentric old |
lady. aged about 20 years, who had !
lived hermit's life in an old hOvel |
near Glendale, Sussex county, for
many wears almost on the charity Of
that town, died on last Tuesday night.
Robert Carsoas, tenant on the farm
ofHughett L. Knight, in Little Greek
hundred. has threshed his wheat and
finds that on 30 acre field he raised
over Il bushels to the acre. His aver
ace crop on GO acres was between 81
and SS bushels per acre.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
nv is putting Needle switches in place
fthe old stub switches at Georgetown.
tits probable that the late disastrous
derailment of a passenger car would
not have occurred if these switches
had been put in at first.
The Middletown Transcript says: The
Telephone line will soon be in Odessa
as the excavations for the poles are all
dug between that place and Nc Don
Ough, aud it is thought the poles will
be in place in a few days. The holes
between Odessa and MiddletOwn are
also being dug.
Secretary Bayard, Senator Gray and
party of friends, who are staying at
the Douglass House, RehObOth, have
been enjoying a cruise on the Della
ware pilot boat Bdyard. On Saturday
they crossed the bay and called at
Cape May, where some of the passen-
gers landed for a short time.
The Peninsula Horticultural Society
will hold its fruit show at Wilmington
beginning September Goth, and continu-
ing four days. Every fruit grower on
the peninsula ought to make an exhib-
ton if not for the sake of prize, but to
demonstrate the wonderful resources of
this garden spot of the earth in this
particular direction.
The Morning. Meas says, that Adiu-
tant-General Kenney has good grounds
for libel against the Philadelphia Press.
Any one who saw that old wood-cut
cartoon, representing Knight Templar
after a ten-mile cObble-stOne, march in
theeditiOn Ofthat paper Sunday, and la
Oelled Adjutant-General Il. r. Kenney,
would make capable witness for the
prosecution.
Mrs, Alex. Frazier, wife Of Kenton
hundreds constable and ex-cOllector,
died Wednesday night. She had been
ataithful and devOut member Of the
Old School" sect of the Baptists
she was Ga years of age. She leaves
several married children, one of whom
Is Charles Frazier, of Smyrna. A
daughter married the son of the Rev
AF. RlttenhOuse, of New Castle county
Ms Priscilla Van Gesel, daughter
o. Michael Furbee, one of the earlies
English settlers of Milford neck, and
feiiet OF John Van Gesel, who was tht
son Of one Of the oldest Dutch settlers
az New Castle, Del, died at her homt
III harrington, Del, on the 4th instau
agea 81 years. John Van Gesel, tn
husband of the deceased, lived nea
smyrna, where he died between thirt,
aud forty years ago.
Onpage 591 ofthe revised code, ther
= a section which provides that 'an.
person who shall profanely swear b.
Ile ~ name Of God, Christ, Jesus or tn
ieloy spirit, upon conviction shall b
ungd nifty cents for every such profan
gal: Now, there is very little dout
si'a1 i the above law was strictly er
iusGed the revenues Of the city woul
oS largely Increased, and the salerie
Oiso'hc OF our officials reduced IN a co
day Star. ~
Two WILMINGTONIANs HAVE
@ laid FIGHT IN THE SURF AT REH
IgIA.-A special dispatch to Il
i-ee'y Ecening yesterday read as fc
ows; AN incident which almo
saused the loss of the lives ofthree w
.sIg1onlans occurred in the surf he
G;-uay. The sea, which has been ru
ba5s bb,ls very high during the last few da
oau ,au washed a very deep and dangt
ss Sa,, mole, which was unknown to 4
v'snSrs' All at once the cry for he
Wa V;;I neard coming from Z. p. Pyle,
do uiiugton, who was struggli
ssPetately s and had gone under 81
- g' ulnes. Several men at once we
H. nls rescue including Lewis @. v.
;eL'l'' Esq, who also became disabl
Ga sue Feslstless current. There wa
reu. roaee apd long struggle with the G.
co snS uIfing which Mr.. Vandegrift
lie disabled and was barely sa,
~ good swimmer. A line was foI
fsl ana all were saved after a b,
fsu'' Out 1t was the narrowest escs
bo,L b Wholesale drowning that Re
~. sOsu mas ever had, The rescued o
"ss are all doing we'll"
IsE LADY VISITORS AT REHoBorH
- = hehoboth cofrespondent thus :
W., . feature Of Renoboth life
iS' itSoIs', hehobOth society has resol
st;ta.to tn INTO the same monotonaus c
MAJ moaucy that is, seven girls TO
oirIais and It is 10 woRder that
asn.Ss.. vieel 50 iorlOn after having s
fb of brass buttons. Apropo
or iasOer overheard three girls
ios io corner Of the Hotel Henlopen
rem;a, r;3ls.ulg Wis Wis and indulging
onessa o.l'seenees Of their military
tbe1s ~ 1.Iluflng The past week. BetH
eonc,..y .aey mad gained by their ART